Blender extension

TODO

drag and drop analyse¶

1. JavaScript on the site, extracts URL from HTML element on drag&drop
   

   data-install-url="https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/node-editor-switcher/1.0.3/download/add-on-node-editor-switcher-v1.0.3.zip?repository=/api/v1/extensions/">
   

2. Blender 4.2+ catches this and triggers extension installation

enable extension

import addon_utils
addon_utils.enable("bl_ext.system.bqt")  # if installed in system folder

Backlinks¶

• Blender addon
  • [!warning]
    see Converting legacy add-ons to extensions in https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/extensions/addons.html
• plugget - create a self-installing plugin brainstorm
  • The new Blender extension support vendoring dependencies, so lets ignore Blender addon
• Blender extension development
  • BLENDER_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS points to a folder of Blender extensions